US5489924A - Computer and display apparatus with input function - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a computer or a display apparatus. More particularly, it relates to a computer provided with a flat panel display apparatus having input functions such as a touch sensor.
- a laptop computer or a notebook computer has a flat display apparatus using for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD).
- LCD liquid crystal display
- an input function such as a touch sensor
- a cover unit is attached to a system body in a manner which permits it to be opened or closed, and a display panel is embedded inside of the cover unit.
- touch input or pen input has the disadvantage of difficulty in operation because the opened cover unit is pushed down by an input pen or finger tips.
- Japanese Patent No. 63-39731 A manner of construction under which the operability of touch input or pen input is improved is disclosed by Japanese Patent No. 63-39731.
- an upper cover inside which a display panel with a transparent tablet is imbedded is slidably or rotatably attached to the case of the system body.
- the upper cover can be placed on the case of the system body with the display panel placed face up in a position in which the upper cover slides to the front end of the case of the system body.
- the upper cover would not be pushed down during touch input or pen input operation.
- a computer has a system body, a cover unit having a display panel with an input function on one side, and connection means, which is rotatably connected to the cover unit and to the system body at a place different from the place at which said cover unit is conventionally connected. This allows the cover unit to be placed on the system body in a position in which the display panel mounted on the cover unit may be placed face up or face down.
- a display apparatus with an input function includes a base, a cover unit having a display panel with the input function on one side, and connection means, which is rotatably connected to the cover unit and to the base at a place different from the place at which the cover unit is conventionally connected. This allows the cover unit to be placed on the base in a position in which the display panel mounted on the cover unit may be face up or face down.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable computer in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, with a cover unit in the closed position.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the computer of FIG. 1 showing the cover unit in an open position.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of tile computer of FIG. 1 showing tile cover unit in an open position and rotated so as to be moved backward.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the computer of FIG. 1 showing the cover unit fully rotated backward around a connection means.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the computer of FIG. 1 showing the cover unit fully rotated backward around the connection means and the cover unit placed on tile system body with the display panel face up.
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged front view showing a rotation regulating or latch means used in the computer of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of a hinge means used in tile computer of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the hinge means of FIG. 7 in a position in which the cover unit is not rotated backward away from the connection means.
- FIG. 9 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the hinge means of FIG. 7 in a position in which the cover unit is moved backward away from the connection means, but is not rotated with respect to a parallelepiped of the hinge means.
- FIG. 10 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the hinge means of FIG. 7 in a position in which the rotation of the parallelepiped of the hinge means stops due to contact with the connection means.
- FIG. 11 is a fragmentary sectional view showing tile hinge means of FIG. 7 in a position in which the rotation of the parallelepiped of the hinge means stops due to contact with the connection means, after further rotation of the cover unit has occurred.
- FIG. 12 is a plan view showing the wiring path of a cable in the closed position of the cover unit of the computer of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 14 is a cross sectional view showing the wiring path of the cable in tile configuration of the computer of FIG. 1 in which the cover unit is placed upside down.
- a cover unit 4 is attached to an edge of the rear end of a system body 2 so that it can be opened or closed, that is, it can be rotated.
- a display panel 6 mounted on the inside of the cover unit 4 is a display panel 6.
- the display panel 6 is a flat-type display apparatus, for example, an LCD or a plasma display apparatus, which is provided with a transparent touch sensor panel on the surface to add an input function that enables touch input or pen input, to the display panel 6.
- a keyboard 8 Provided on the top surface of the system body 2 is a keyboard 8.
- the cover unit 4 is not directly connected to the system body 2, but connected, through a rotatable arm or connection means 10, to the system body 2.
- the base edge of the connection means 10 is rotatably connected to the top edge of the rear end of the system body 2.
- the opposite, rotatable edge of the connection means 10 is rotatably connected, in the middle of the cover unit 4 in the transverse direction of the cover unit 4, to the cover unit 4.
- the cover unit 4 and the connection means 10 are connected, by a hinge means 12 (FIG. 1 and FIG. 4), to each other.
- connection means 10 is provided with a rotation regulating means or latch means 14 for stopping or releasing the rotation of the cover unit 4 around the connection means 10.
- the latch means 14 includes a latch member 16.
- the latch member 16 is attached at a predetermined position of the lower edge of the connection means 10 so as to be able to move up and down and is urged in the upward direction by a biasing means (not shown) such as a spring, as is well known in the art.
- An engagement convexity 18 at the top end of the latch member 16 engages with an engagement concavity 22 formed in the cover unit 4.
- the cover unit 4 may be rotated around the connection unit 10 in the direction represented by arrow R, to assume the configuration illustrated in FIG. 4 in which tile cover unit 4 is fully rotated backward around the connection means 10.
- the cover unit 4 and the connection means 10 may then be rotated forward together in the direction represented by arrow S to a position in which the cover unit 4 is placed inside out, as shown in FIG. 5, on the system body 2 with the display panel 6 placed face up.
- Convexities 24 are formed at both side edges of the front end of the system body 2. The height of convexities 24 is larger than that of the top end of the keyboard 8 so that the cover unit 4 does not contact the keys of keyboard 8 when in the configuration shown in FIG. 5.
- FIG. 7 illustrates, in an enlarged scale, hinge means 12 for rotatably connecting the cover unit 4 and the connection means 10.
- the purpose of connecting the cover unit 4 and the connection means 10 through the hinge means 12 is to prevent the cover unit 4, and therefore the display panel 6, from excessively tilting in tile configuration that exists when the cover unit 4 is placed inside out (as shown in FIG. 5), on the system body 2, for the purpose of using the input function of the display panel 6. If tile cover unit 4 and tile connection means 10 were directly connected to each other without using the hinge means 12, then it would be difficult to rotate the cover unit ninety degrees or more around the connection means 10, and therefore, tile display panel 6 would tilt excessively with respect to the system body 2 when tile cover unit 4 is placed inside out, on the system body 2, thus making input operations difficult.
- the hinge means 12 includes a hollow parallelepiped 30, having a hollow 32 through which a cable 52 passes (FIG. 12 to FIG. 14).
- a first rotatable shaft 34 and a second rotatable shaft 36 protrude from one side wall of parallelepiped 30.
- the first rotatable shaft 34 is connected to the connection means 10.
- the second rotatable shaft 36 is connected to the cover unit 4.
- the base edges of the first and the second rotatable shafts 34 and 36 are mounted to parallelepiped 30 in a manner which makes them resistant to rotation, to a certain degree.
- the resistance to rotation of the first rotatable shaft 34 is set so that it is smaller than the resistance to rotation of the second rotatable shaft 36.
- the tips of the first rotatable shaft 34 and the second rotatable shaft 36 are shaped into partially flat form by beveling along the axes of rotation.
- the portions of the connection means 10 and the cover unit 4 to which the tips of the first rotatable shaft 34 and the second rotatable shaft 36 are mounted, respectively, are bearing sections (not shown) shaped into fiat form corresponding to the shape of the tips, and the tips of the first rotatable shaft 34 and the second rotatable shaft 36 are mounted to the connection means 10 and the cover unit 4, respectively, so as not to be able to rotate with respect thereto.
- connection means 10 and the cover unit 4 can rotate with respect to one another around the hollow parallelepiped 30.
- a first fixed shaft 38 and a second fixed shaft 42 protrude from the opposite side wall of the hollow parallelepiped 30.
- the first fixed shaft 38 is rotatably connected to the connection means 10.
- the second fixed shaft 42 is rotatably connected to the cover unit 4.
- a notch portion 38A is formed in the first fixed shaft 38.
- the cross section of the first fixed shaft 38 is a circle except For the notch portion 38A.
- the cross section of the second fixed shaft 42 is a circle.
- the first fixed shaft 38 is attached to a first bearing section 44 of the connection means 10.
- a stop 46 is formed in the first bearing section 44.
- the first fixed shaft 38 can rotate within a predetermined range in the first bearing section 44, but cannot rotate further when the notch portion 38A contacts the stop 46.
- FIG. 8 shows the hinge means 12 when the cover unit 4 is closed (FIG. 1).
- each top surface of the connection means 10, the cover unit 4, and the hollow parallelepiped 30 is in the same plane.
- the connection means 10, the cover unit 4, and the parallelepiped 30 are positioned with respect to one another as shown in FIG. 8, even if the connection means 10 and the cover unit 4 are integrally rotated away from the system body 2 (FIG. 2).
- the latch member 16 of the rotation regulating or latch means 14 By pushing down the latch member 16 of the rotation regulating or latch means 14, the cover unit 4 can be rotated around the connection means 10.
- connection means 10 can be rotated over the front end of system body 2 to place the cover unit 4 on the system body 2 with the display panel 6 placed face up.
- the display panel 6 is not placed horizontally on the system body 2, that is, it is tilted so that its front end is slightly lower than the rear end (that is, towards the user). Therefore, the convenience of operation of pen input or touch input is significantly improved in comparison with the case where the display panel 6 is placed horizontally on the system body 2.
- FIG. 12 to FIG. 14 show the wiring paths of a cable 52.
- One end of the cable 52 is connected to a circuit substrate (not shown) within the system body 2.
- the other end passes through a hinge section 10A for connecting the connection means 10 and the system body 2.
- the cable reaches the connection means 10, as shown in FIG. 12, and passes through the hollow 32 in parallelepiped 30 of the hinge means 12.
- the cable extends to the display panel 6 within the cover unit 4 as shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14.
- FIG. 13 shows the wiring path of the cable 52 in the configuration in which the cover unit 4 is placed on the system body 2 with the display panel 6 placed face down (FIG. 1).
- FIG. 14 shows the wiring path of the cable 52 in the configuration in which the cover unit 4 is placed on the system body 2 with the display panel 6 placed face up (FIG. 5).
- the cover unit 4 can be placed upside down on the system body 2 without the need for sliding the cover unit to the front or the rear end of the system body 2, and therefore, the mechanical construction is simple in comparison with the case where the cover unit 4 must slide. Further, if the cover unit 4 must slide, there is slack in the cable 52 at some slide position and enough space for the slack cable is needed.
- the present invention as illustrated in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 is free of such a problem due to the configuration of the cover unit 4 and the connection means 10. The invention therefore, has an advantage of simplicity in the wiring of the cable 52 for electrical connection between the system body 2 and the cover unit 4, and as a result has high reliability.
- the invention has the advantage of ease of operation when used in a touch input or a pen input mode.
- the cover unit 4 is placed on the system body 2 with the display panel 6 placed face up, the footprint (shape made by projection on a plane) of the cover unit 4 is within the footprint of the system body 2.
- the invention is excellent not only in terms of operability in a touch input or pen input mode, but also in transportability or portability.
- the preferred embodiment is an example of the application of the present invention to a computer.
- the present invention also may be applied to a display apparatus provided with a base instead of the system body 2.
- the cover unit 4 is connected, through the hinge means 12, to the connection means 10.
- the cover unit 4 also may be directly connected to the connection means 10.
- the connection means may be, for example, a rotatable arm provided on both sides of the cover unit.
- a keyboard 8 capable of being removed from the system body 2 may be used. If the cover unit 4 is placed upside down, the removable keyboard 8 is removed from the system body 2 and may be placed outside of the front end of tile system body 2 so that tile input function of the display panel 6 and the keyboard 8 can both be used.
- tile rotation regulating or latch means is not limited to that in the preferred embodiment.
- a magnet may be used or the rotation regulating means may be excluded.
- a computer or a display apparatus with an input function which is simple in construction and has excellent operability of touch input or pen input can be provided.
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